Durban panchang, 10 March 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 22:22 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:44
- 09:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:17 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 22:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 05:42 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:10, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:51 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:44
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 15:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:24 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:44 | Good |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:17 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:27 – 05:54 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 08:35 Pisces
- 08:35 – 10:56 Aries
- 10:56 – 13:15 Taurus
- 13:15 – 15:19 Gemini
- 15:19 – 17:00 Cancer
- 17:00 – 18:26 Leo
- 18:26 – 19:50 Virgo
- 19:50 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:19 Scorpio
- 23:19 – 01:34 next day Sagittarius
- 01:34 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method